Chapter 20 - Democracy and Empire 1870-1900

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Jim Crow

By the end of the century, ________ referred to the customs of segregation secured by laws across the South.

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Farmers Alliance

The ________ convened a meeting in Ocala, Florida in December 1890 to press for the establishment of the national third party.

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Republican Party

The ________ has continued with its record in the civil war, showing its success in bringing the nation together and adopting new reform laws.

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Louisiana

The grandfather clauses, "which were invented in ________, excluded those who had the right to vote, together with their sons and grandsons, on 1 January 1867 from all restrictions, which effectively expanded whites while excluding African Americans.

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independence movement

The ________ started in Cuba in the mid- 1860s, when Spain, its ruined empire, started to impose steep tax on the island.

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Sherman Silver Purchases Act

The ________ of 1890 was readily approved by the farmers, which required the Treasury to increase its money mined from western silver and allowed the U.S. Government to print silver- backed paper currency.

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Local governments

________ were primarily involved in promoting and regulating businesses before the civil war and relied on private enterprise to provide vital services such as fires and public access to water.

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